Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety82#2,800/15,637
Economy21#12,291/15,631
Housing40#9,050/14,977
Health55#7,054/15,609
Healthcare45#8,539/15,650
Environment46#8,309/15,453
Education28#11,322/15,649
Infrastructure2#15,383/15,650
Community64#5,630/15,651
Leisure & amenities94#944/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Immokalee, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Collier County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Life expectancy · high84.1 yrs
99/100Florida 78.5 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCollier County value
Depression · low15.7%
97/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
New business applications · high24.2 /1k
95/100Florida 27.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauCollier County value
Mammography screening · high56.0%
94/100Florida 46.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCollier County value
Math scores · high3.43
92/100Florida 3.28United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCollier County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high7.7 /10k
92/100Florida 5.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCollier County value

Weaknesses

High school diploma or higher · low54.4%
0/100Florida 89.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high34.8%
0/100Florida 13.7%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Natural hazard risk · high99.3
1/100Florida 75.92025Federal Emergency Management AgencyCollier County value
Food insecurity · high43.1%
1/100Florida 17.9%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · high43.1%
1/100Florida 25.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · high37.1%
1/100Florida 19.6%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
54.9% (2015-2019) → 83.5% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Public transit commutersWorsening
16.3% (2015-2019) → 1.4% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
High school diploma or higherImproving
40.1% (2015-2019) → 54.4% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
47.1% (2015-2019) → 34.8% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
56.7% (2015-2019) → 44.6% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
46.9% (2015-2019) → 35.6% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Immokalee, Florida improved on 9 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 5 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved9

High school++14 points40.1% → 54.4%
Uninsured−12 points47.1% → 34.8%
Unemployment−6.3 points10.6% → 4.3%
Broadband+29 points54.9% → 83.5%
Poverty−9 points37.4% → 28.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Immokalee, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.9 min2015-2019	36.1 min2020-2024	+2.2 min	Within the margin of error	26%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%2015-2019	6.0%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	54.9%2015-2019	83.5%2020-2024	+29 points	Improved	97%
Child poverty rate	46.9%2015-2019	35.6%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	84%
Effective property tax rate	0.78%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
High school diploma or higher	40.1%2015-2019	54.4%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	98%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4172015-2019	0.4442020-2024	+0.026	Within the margin of error	29%
Median household income	$30,8852015-2019	$48,1442020-2024	+56%	Improved	89%
Poverty rate	37.4%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	−9 points	Improved	91%
Rent as share of income	34.2%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Improved	88%
Rent-burdened households	56.7%2015-2019	44.6%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	86%
Unemployment rate	10.6%2015-2019	4.3%2020-2024	−6.3 points	Improved	97%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	47.1%2015-2019	34.8%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	98%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Immokalee, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Immokalee, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Immokalee, Florida itself moved +9.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

26,361 residents (±1,837)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (+1.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

26,361 residents (±1,837)

Immokalee, Florida
Florida share

White3.5%†911
Black22%5,701
Hispanic or Latino74%19,515
Asian0.0%†12
American Indian and Alaska Native0.3%†70
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.6%†152

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: American Indian and Alaska Native (−1.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

14,879 residents (±1,180)

Immokalee, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma46%6,784
High school or GED32%4,773
Some college8.8%†1,312
Associate degree7.6%1,124
Bachelor's degree4.4%†661
Graduate degree1.5%†225

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−14.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

6,545 households (±434)

Immokalee, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k23%1,476
$25k–50k29%1,870
$50k–75k19%1,251
$75k–100k9.5%624
$100k–150k9.8%640
$150k–200k7.2%†474
$200k or more3.2%†210

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−14.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

6,545 households (±434)

Immokalee, Florida
Florida share

Own40%2,598
Rent60%3,947

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

3,781 households (±414)

Immokalee, Florida
Florida share

Under $75031%1,181
$750–1,00023%887
$1,000–1,50032%1,194

Home values

2,598 homes (±282)

Immokalee, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k33%857
$150k–250k32%830
$250k–400k25%641

Age of homes

7,336 homes (±442)

Immokalee, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later9.1%665
2000–200924%1,791
1980–199942%3,086

Size of homes

7,336 homes (±442)

Immokalee, Florida
Florida share

Studio4.8%†350
1 bedroom9.0%†662
2 bedrooms29%2,142

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

11,846 workers (±994)

Immokalee, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone62%7,400
Carpool29%3,416
Public transit1.4%†164
Walk0.2%†22
Bike0.2%†25
Work from home5.1%†610
Other1.8%†209

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (+17.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

11,236 workers (±977)

Immokalee, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min23%2,540
15–29 min20%2,302
30–44 min20%2,211

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Naples-Marco Island, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Collier County, the county holding most of Immokalee's residents.

Collier County has 14,541 employer establishments, 353 for every 10,000 residents (1.42× the US rate of 248; 1.26× Florida's), with 151,907 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,454. The Census Bureau also counts 62,700 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 14,541; 62,700 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 353; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 151,907
Average annual pay: $58,454; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Collier County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Lessors of real estate	1,485	36.1	2.93×More than typical	4,196	$60,942	9,052
Specialty trade contractors	1,387	33.7	2.18×More than typical	12,121	$55,428	4,265
Ambulatory health care services	1,219	29.6	1.42×More than typical	11,299	$79,796	3,244
Real estate agents and brokers	964	23.4	4.81×More than typical	1,417	$75,543	3,258
Services to buildings and dwellings	858	20.9	3.09×More than typical	6,892	$42,259	5,190
Restaurants and other eating places	832	20.2	1.10×About typical	19,724	$27,827	301
Construction of buildings	680	16.5	2.19×More than typical	4,233	$82,735	2,491
Management, scientific and technical consulting	573	13.9	2.08×More than typical	1,135	$126,172	3,215
Building finishing contractors	553	13.4	3.54×More than typical	3,363	$52,145	1,817
Offices of physicians	486	11.8	1.82×More than typical	5,059	$107,523	498
Full-service restaurants	469	11.4	1.48×More than typical	14,036	$30,629	142
Building equipment contractors	418	10.2	1.69×More than typical	4,234	$58,241	751

Rank places for an industry Open Collier County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 411,435 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $408K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Immokalee, Florida: $15.48 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $408K; −26% vs FY2025
Per resident: $15.48; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Departmental Offices$504.2K100%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$36.7K9.0%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

27.8KFY2017
8.5KFY2018
40.8KFY2019
56.1KFY2020
209.1KFY2021
251.9KFY2022
318.3KFY2023
15.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$537.3K100%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$5,3471.3%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$6260.2%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Immokalee, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Immokalee, Florida's figures are part of those of Collier County, FL ($60.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.7% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Immokalee is mostly in Collier County.

See federal money in Collier County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Immokalee, Florida is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Collier County80100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Naples-Marco Island, FL81

Other cities and towns in Collier County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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